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Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Julia Campbell
Director Tschetter Thanks Filipino People, Government for their Search Efforts
MANILA, April 18, 2007 – U.S. Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter, along with the U.S. Embassy in Manila, is saddened to confirm the death of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell, who disappeared on April 8 while hiking in Banaue, Ifugao Province, Northern Luzon. Search parties discovered Ms. Campbell's body near Barangay Batad, Banaue town this morning. Philippine authorities will make the final pronouncement of cause of death. Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell
Director Tschetter, who is in the Philippines to consult with officials regarding the ongoing search for the missing volunteer, expressed his sorrow at learning the news. "Julia was a proud member of the Peace Corps family, and she contributed greatly to the lives of Filipino citizens in Donsol, Sorsogon, where she served," he said. "The U.S. Peace Corps is saddened by the loss of such a dedicated and vibrant volunteer, who so loved this country. Our hearts go out to her family and friends in the United States."
Ms. Campbell was reported missing on April 11 after failing to show up for several appointments. She was last seen on Sunday, April 8 in the Banaue area. She reportedly intended to hike in a hilly area near Batad, 1.5 kilometers east of Banaue town, and was unaccompanied.
Director Tschetter traveled to the Banaue area with U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Paul W. Jones on Tuesday, April 17 to meet with American and Filipino authorities involved in the search. The U.S. Peace Corps and U.S. Embassy would like to express their deep gratitude to the Filipino people for their assistance in the search.
"The search efforts organized by the Philippine National Police (PNP) were incredible," said Chargé Jones. "Thank you to the PNP, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the local and provincial governments in the Banaue area, and the many local guides and volunteers who spent countless hours searching for Julia in difficult terrain. The American people are very thankful for your friendship during this difficult time."
Director Tschetter and Chargé Jones met with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this morning to thank her for the partnership and efforts of the Filipino people in searching for Ms. Campbell. President Arroyo along with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Hermogenes Ebdane, and PNP Director Oscar Calderon, committed their full support to the investigation.
Ms. Campbell served in ecological and educational projects in Southern Luzon since she began her Peace Corps service in the Philippines in March 2005.
There are 136 Peace Corps Volunteers serving in the country. More than 8,000 Volunteers have served in the Philippines since 1961, making it the second oldest Peace Corps program in the world.
The following statement was released on behalf of the family of Julia Campbell:
Today, we learned the news that our Julia was found. We are so very grateful to the workers and searchers who worked diligently to look for and find our daughter, sister and friend. In addition to the Peace Corps, we would like to thank the Philippine National Police, the Philippine government and the people of the Philippines, especially those in Baranguay Batad, Banaue for the outpouring of support and assistance in the search.
The U.S. Peace Corps and our U.S. Embassy leadership, personnel and especially the Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines have been of great comfort to our family during this difficult time. Director Ron Tschetter and his team exemplify the sense of community Julia loved about the Peace Corps; they have and continue to show great concern for Julia and our family.
During the past two years Julia has been on assignment in the Philippines, she served in various roles in the village of Donsol (province of Sorsogon) where she worked with the local school there to rebuild and stock the school library. Since childhood, Julia was an avid reader who enjoyed great literary works; "Sophie's Choice" was one of her favorites. Many of her friends and family helped her in a campaign she created to provide age-appropriate reading materials to the library in a project she called "A Book and A Buck". Through her efforts, she collected more than 500 titles. Julia, a passionate yoga instructor and vegetarian, also worked with the local community to launch an ecology awareness campaign and instrumental in building an Eco Center in Donsol. Most recently, she served as a teacher at the Divine Word College in Legaspi city, where she taught English.
In her forty years, Julia lived a very full life. She loved her family and friends and is much loved. She was passionate in her journalism reporting especially the stories involving people who were able to stand and address adversity or adverse situations.
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My review of the M&S fudge bar last month gave one of my readers (Stu) the urge to leave a comment regarding his love for Thorntons' attempt at this part of the market. In his comment Stu remarked that he believed the bar was now out of production, however walking into my local Thorntons last week I found this 'Whipped Fudge Bar', which I guess may even be the one he was talking about. Consisting of a 'fudge centre, with a ribbon of caramel covered in milk and dark chocolate', it struck me as an interesting prospect - would the extra sweetness of the caramel be a worthy addition? ... there was only one way to find out!
Although not stated on the actual product, by my calculation the bar weighed in at approximately 40.0g. The packaging was in the standard Thorntons style, with a matted type wrapper that combined both qualities of freshness and an aesthetically pleasing look. I liked the appearance of the bar, although not the greatest in terms of size, the shot of caramel that was consistent throughout struck me as particularly tempting with its magnificent golden colour and oozing effect once the bar was bitten into. The combination of the sweet scents from the fudge and dairy led cocoa aromas made for what was an enticing smell - I was really looking forward to getting stuck in to this one.
A real strength of the M&S fudge bar I reviewed last month was the way in which the chocolate melted into the softer fudge layer. This was consistent with this bar, but it also had the addition of the gooey caramel at the centre of each bite, which saved the fudge from becoming overly dry in the mouth. The presence of the dark chocolate was really non apparent in the taste, to be honest decoration aside it was really a non-factor. The actual milk chocolate coating however was particularly pleasant, and substantiated a host of milky, cocoa flavours that were not only instantly imposing but also lasting. Below the chocolate the fudge centre was equally as tasty with a fantastically sweet, buttery clotted cream like taste. Further adding interest to the texture of the fudge, the caramel brought a terrific syrupy, saltiness to the equation .... yum yum yum. The mixture of all these different elements certainly made for a compelling, moreish taste; it must be said though, the resulting sweetness did mean that the entire bar was flirting with being a tad over bearing and sickly.
Overall this in my opinion, from what I have reviewed so far, is the king of the fudge bars on the market. It combined all of what was great about the M&S fudge bar, and added a fantastic caramel element to further add diversity in both taste and textures. If I was to have to recommend a chocolate, fudge product based on the present market this would have to be the one. This bar has got me thinking though ... Cadbury ... yes you CADBURY!! Take note please ... take the Cadbury Fudge Bar ... double it in size ... add some Cadbury Caramel .... Wooolah - now that would be something special! Need I say more!?
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At Wednesday's preem of Warner Bros.' "Project X," co-writer Michael Bacall admitted he wasn't much of a party animal growing up in the San Fernando Valley.
"I was a nerd in high school so I never did anything like what's in the movie," he recalled following the screening at the Chinese. "The producers told me and Matt Drake to go crazy. So I wrote mostly at nights with lots of coffee on breaks between working on 'Scott Pilgrim' and '21 Jump Street.' "
Bacall, who began acting when he was 4, said last summer's shoot at the Warner Ranch provided a coming-home feel. "I had a part in 'Free Willy' when it was shot there in 1993, so it was really comfortable to be back," he said.
The after-party at the Lot featured perfs by Kid Cudi, Tyler the Creator and the Hundred in the Hands. Guests were also greeted by an LAPD cruiser, a bouncer with the admonition "keep your clothes on" and an array of beer pong tables — leading to dozens of hotly contested matches.
Director Nima Nourizadeh, who's making his feature debut, admitted to some experience with the party scene growing up in London.
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One sunny day, in July, I had a craving for onion dip. I can't recall the last time I've eaten onion dip. What I do remember is that the recipe consisted of a packet of onion soup mix was stirred into sour cream. I don't stock that product, any longer. How hard could it be to make onion dip from scratch, I wondered? I did a bit of research on the internet, and decided to come up with my own version.
It took a little bit of time to roast the garlic. I cut the top off a whole head of garlic, and drizzled a bit of olive oil over it. The garlic was wrapped in foil, and baked at 350F for about 45 minutes. I unwrapped it and set it aside to cool. In the meantime, I sliced an onion very thin, and caramelized it in olive oil until golden and caramelized-- about 20 minutes.
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Lady Chucks edge ECC by three points
ST. MARYS — Nineteen Punxsy girls scored at least a point during the Lady Chucks' track and field team's 76 1/2-73 1/2 victory over Elk County Catholic Tuesday in St. Marys.
The Lady Crusaders are one of the premier Class AA programs in District IX, and first-year head coach Barry Young was proud of his team's season-opening win.
"It was a quality win over a quality opponent," Young said. "Spreading those third-place finishes around really helped."
Punxsy (1-0) won two of three relays and earned seven first-place finishes in individual events.
Leading the way for the Lady Chucks was Nickita Martz, who won both the discus (91-6 1/2) and javelin (96-9) and took third in the shot put (30-7 1/2). Martz is District IX Class AAA's three-time defending javelin champion.
Also earning two first-place finishes was Karah Hollis, who won the 100- and 200-meter dashes in 13.5 and 29.0 seconds, respectively.
Hollis also grabbed a second-place finish in the high-jump (4-8) and joined Juliann Boddorf, Kayla Cameron and Adrienne Hess during the Lady Chucks' 4x100-meter relay win in 57.1 seconds.
Punxsy's other first-place times came from Milea Schall in the 3,200-meter run (11:49), Timi Shiock in the high jump (4-10) and Aly Dickey in the triple jump (30-5). Punxsy only sweep of an event was in the high jump, where Dickey rounded it out with a third-place leap of 4-8.
The Lady Chucks won the 4x800-meter relay in 10:59.3, besting ECC by more than 20 points (11:20.9). Punxsy's 4x800 runners were Kaitlyn Nestel, Schall, Shannon Byerly and Alexis Young.
Another multi-event winner was Shannon Carpenter, who finished second in the pole vault (7-8), third in the long jump (14-0) and third in the triple jump (29-8).
Punxsy finished in second and third place in both hurdling events. During the 100-meter hurdles, Lindsey Reed took second place in 19.4 seconds, and Shaina Reddinger was third in 19.6.
Reddinger also finished third in the 300-meter hurdles in 59.8, as she followed teammate Keaton Mohney, who took second in 54.9.
Boddorf followed her relay win by finishing second in the 400-meter dash (66.7) and tied for third in the 100-meter dash (14.0).
Punxsy's other second-place finishes came from Jacque Barnett (javelin, 80-9); and Young (800-meter run, 2:44).
Also finishing third for the Lady Chucks were Byerly (1,600-meter run, 6:05.3); Caro Feican (800-meter run, 2:48.9); Cameron (200-meter dash, 29.6); and Heidi Rodgers (3,200-meter run, 15:57).
ECC won the 4x400-meter relay, besting Punxsy by 10 seconds — 4:36.7 to 4:46.5.
The Lady Chucks return to the track and the field when they visit Brookville for a 4 p.m. start next Tuesday.


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Getting moving indoors is kind of tough sometimes.
Lately, its been so hot outside that we can't really spend too much time out there. And then even when we are out there, the last thing any of us want to do it any amount of work (or running… or anything that will break us out in a sweat).
I recently put together a list of 12 gross motor activities to do inside when it's too hot out like this. But we've found another outlet too that I want to share with you. I was able to get my hands on a way to do fitness with the kids at home. Adventures to Fitness was so generous to let me try out one of their fitness programs!
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Literally having the kids really exercise inside! I think this is especially important for kids that don't get enough activity each day or don't have the chance to go outside to run and play.
The Adventures to Fitness program worked great in the morning with my kids to get them up and going (instead of causing trouble with each other or just watching a show), as well as myself! We streamed it on the laptop, but DVDs are also available.
The adventure we've been on is Colonial Chaos. I was shocked! I haven't done intentional exercises in years (bad mom), so I struggle to get through it! Henry's a trooper though. He stayed with the program, he did ask for a break at about 25 minutes in (it's a 30 minutes program) and then got right back to it.
On top of it being physically challenging, there's also learning opportunities throughout the program. Although it was a little beyond my 5 year old, it was full of historical information of the colonies (think Independence Day, the Pilgrims, the Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere). I think kids just slightly older would really get a kick out of all the information it has and be able to better understand the flow of the program. Heck, it was quite a refresher for myself!
But Henry just thinks its fun to jump, climb and leap throughout it. His favorite though is Mega Mode: running as fast as he can.
I'm looking forward to trying out their other DVDs (or streaming it like we did with this one), especially this one that I have to give away: Adventures to Fitness: Serengeti Stampede!
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Author Notes: An old family recipe with a few ingredients changed to my taste = leek instead of sweet onion and vegetable broth rather than fish stock. I started making this for Christmas Eve although it is a hit throughout the year. It's a savory, spicy, delicious recipe that is totally adaptable to the seafood you love, crave and have access to. Cooking time is primarily for simmering a sauce that brings it all together. Serve with crusty bread. —lapadia
Serves: 4-6
2 pounds white fish cut into 2 inch pieces (halibut, cod, sole, scallops or sea bass)
2 large leeks-white and lighter green, cleaned thoroughly and finely sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large sweet red, yellow or orange pepper, finely chopped (or a mix of pepper colors)
2 cups celery with the hearts, finely chopped
1-cup dry vermouth - 1/2 cup used at a time
14 oz. canned organic tomatoes, undrained and mashed
1-1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 grated lemon zest
1 bay leaf
Pinch cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Cook leeks, garlic, celery and pepper until tender.
- Stir in 1/2 cup vermouth and cook over high heat until nearly evaporated.
- Mix in tomatoes, broth, lemon zest, bay leaf, the last 1/2 cup vermouth and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil for 3-4 minutes.
- Lower temperature and simmer; covered for 20 minutes.
- Add the fish (and basil-optional) simmer until fish is cooked through.
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TRICK: Calm Before the Storm
Vivian Villareal may be called The Texas Tornado, but she certainly manages to keep her cool during a straight pool match vs. Jeannette Lee. Take note of her pool poise, taking time to chalk up, analyze shots and line up to sink them and channel this calm demeanor during your next game. View match.
TREAT: Costume Contest Line Up
We will be posting the results from last night, but in the meantime, f east your eyes on some participants from last years sexiest costume contest.
Halloween Tricks & Treats #3
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TRICK: World Famous Trick Shot Master
World-renowned trick shot artist Mike Massey performs this Rube Goldberg-like shot consisting of banks, combos, and cue composed slide. Check out: Mike Massey Trickin out at Amsterdam Billiards
TREAT: Smokin' Staff
Yeah, we have the hottest bartenders in the business. See them in action and costume at our Halloween party tomorrow night, Oct 27th from 9pm-1am, will one of them win sexist costume… again?!
Halloween Week Tricks & Treats: #2
26 Oct
TRICK: Surrender to Your Fears.
Today's pool trick/tip comes from Gail Glazebrook, Amsterdam League member, CFO of National Amateur Pool League, and one of the most popular ambassadors of pool. In her blog Confessions of G Squared, Billiards Digest best blog of 2012, she addresses this grave challenge, including the following quote from Martin Luther King Jr.:
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
She further expounds on why some pool players never get better:…
"Fear. They don't stand up to their fears. Whether it's fear of failure, fear of success, fear of their opponent, or fear of public scrutiny, fear holds us all back at some point…There will ALWAYS be someone bigger, stronger, but you decide who wants it more. You gotta be in it to win it and you know what? You might be surprised how strong you are when you test yourself."
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TREAT: Goulish Gail
Here she is at last years Halloween party, looking literally"drop dead" gorgeous.
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TRICK: Pool Basics
Staring down an 8 or 9 ball can be scary for pros and amateur players alike. Amsterdam league manager Chris Lynch shares some simple tricks that should be the foundation of every shot, but are often overlooked especially under pressure.
- Avoid popping up: don't move your head until you see where the object ball goes.
- Prepare your pocket: picture the result you want before you get into your stance.
- Shoot softly: This makes the pocket seem much bigger while shooting harder makes it much smaller. Don't shoot hard without a really good reason!
- Chalk before each shot: Chalk prior to shooting, don't wait until after you miscue.
TREAT: Candy Corn Shooters
Our bartenders are busy conjuring up some special spirits for our Halloween party this Saturday Oct. 27th from 9pm-1am. In the meantime, try your hand at these tasty and festive layered Candy Corn Shooters:
- Orange vodka
- Banana liqueur
- Coconut rum
- Orange curacao
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- Grenadine
- Whipped cream
1. Combine Orange vodka and banana liqueur into a shaker with ice. Shake and pour into the bottom of a shot glass.
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3. Top with whipped cream.
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Company Seeks Recovery of Costs for Capital Investments in Infrastructure and Technology
SPOKANE, WA--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - Increased capital investments is the major driver in Avista's (NYSE: AVA) request filed today with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to increase electric and natural gas base rates. Avista has requested an effective date of Jan. 1, 2015. The last general rate request filing in Washington was April 2, 2012.
"The majority of the company's rate request comes from the continuing need to expand and replace the facilities and equipment we use every day to serve our customers," Avista Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Scott L. Morris said. "This includes preserving the life of our legacy hydropower projects that have been providing low-cost, renewable energy for over 100 years. It also includes continuing to systematically replace some of our older energy delivery facilities every year, so that our customers will continue to receive safe, reliable service in the years to come. The cost to replace these facilities is multiple times more expensive than the original cost to install them, which results in a need to increase rates.
"Managing costs is an on-going focus for Avista which helps ensure that our customers continue to have among the lowest energy prices in the country. To help reduce the rate of growth in operating costs, Avista implemented in December 2012 a Voluntary Severance Incentive Plan to reduce the number of employees at the company beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, Avista also made changes to its pension and post-retirement medical plans for non-union employees that reduce future costs," Morris said.
Avista's request, if approved, would increase annual electric base revenues by 3.8 percent or $18.2 million and annual natural gas base revenues by 8.1 percent or $12.1 million. Both requests are based on a proposed rate of return on rate base of 7.71 percent with a common equity ratio of 49.0 percent and a 10.1 percent return on equity.
In addition, Avista's electric customers are receiving benefits from two rebates that are currently reducing customers' monthly energy bills by 2.8 percent during 2014. These rebates will expire at the end of 2014. Avista is proposing a new rebate beginning January 1, 2015, related to its sale of renewable energy credits which would reduce customers' monthly bills by 1.1 percent. The net effect of the expiring rebates and the new rebate will result in an increase of approximately 1.7 percent beginning January 1, 2015. These rebates are passed through to customers on a dollar-for-dollar basis and do not increase or decrease the company's earnings.
If Avista's requests are approved, a residential customer using an average 965 kilowatt hours per month would see a total billed increase of $4.89 a month, or 6.1 percent, for a revised monthly bill of $84.98, beginning January 1, 2015. The revised monthly bill includes a proposed increase in the monthly basic charge from $8.00 to $15.00.
A natural gas customer using an average of 65 therms per month would see a $5.23, or 8.5 percent, increase for a revised monthly bill of $66.42. This includes the proposed increase in the monthly basic charge from $8.00 to $12.00.
Avista serves more than 241,000 electric and nearly 152,000 natural gas customers in Washington.
Capital investments
Avista expects capital investments in 2014 of $335 million, up from $280 million in 2013. The investments encompass upgrades and maintenance of generation facilities, transmission and distribution equipment, natural gas pipe, as well as information technology upgrades.
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BAGNEUX, FRANCE--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2013) - DBV Technologies (EURONEXT PARIS: DBV) (ISIN: FR0010417345) --
DBV Technologies (EURONEXT PARIS: DBV) (ISIN: FR0010417345), creator of Viaskin®, a new standard in the treatment of allergy, announced today the completion of enrollment in its global phase IIb clinical trial, VIPES (Viaskin Peanut's Efficacy and Safety), a 12-month treatment study with Viaskin® Peanut. VIPES started in August 2012 and is being conducted in Europe (France, The Netherlands and Poland) and in North America (Canada and USA) with a total of 22 investigators, who collectively screened and randomized 315 and 221 peanut-allergic subjects respectively. VIPES' patient population includes 113 chidren (6-11 years), 73 adolescents (12-17 years) and 35 adults (18-55 years). DBV anticipates reporting 12-month topline data during the second half of 2014. Viaskin® Peanut was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Three doses of Viaskin® Peanut, i.e. 50 µg, 100 µg and 250 µg peanut protein compared to placebo are being evaluated in VIPES. A total of 221 peanut-allergic subjects (55 subjects per treatment group) were randomized following a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge ('food challenge') that established the baseline threshold of peanut reaction. Patients receive a daily application of the Viaskin® Peanut patch over a 12-month treatment period. Each patch will be applied for 24 hours, either on the upper arm for adults (18-55 years) and adolescents (12-17 years) or on the back of children (6-11 years).
The principal coordinating investigator for North America is Pr. Hugh Sampson, M.D., Chief of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics, Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, and Dean of Translational Biomedical Science at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, USA. Pr. Sampson is also a member of DBV's Scientific Advisory Board as well as Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Consortium of Food Allergy Research clinical study with Viaskin® Peanut (CoFAR6). The principal coordinating investigator for Europe is Christophe Dupont, M.D, Ph.D., Head of the Pediatric-Gastroenterology Ambulatory Department at the Necker Hospital (AP-HP). He is a member of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and of the Committee of Nutrition of the French Pediatric Society. Pr. Dupont is also Chairman of DBV's Scientific Advisory Board.
Charles Ruban, MBA, DBV's Chief Development Officer said: "VIPES is designed to confirm the optimal treatment dose of Viaskin® Peanut in each of the relevant patient populations.The study protocol will benefit from an improved, standardized methodology for the food challenge, as well as cutting-edge monitoring tools. Most importantly, tVIPES' results will guide the design of the subsequent Phase III clinical trial." Charles Ruban concluded: "VIPES is the largest trial ever conducted in desensitization to peanut allergy, and we take great pride in paving the way."
Viaskin® Peanut demonstrated positive efficacy trends in severely peanut-allergic children after 18-months at a 100 µg dose. These findings were recently reported in the ARACHILD pilot study, a multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II clinical trial in 54 randomized subjects aged 5 to 17 that was sponsored by AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris). Overall, the data showed that two-thirds of children under 12 years old met the primary efficacy endpoint over 18 months of treatment. The serological response observed during the treatment period also suggested efficacy of the ongoing desensitization process.
About peanut allergy: a life-threatening allergy for millions of people
In the United States, about 1.1% of the general population, or over 3 million people, is allergic to peanuts. Peanut allergy causes about 100 to 150 deaths per year. This allergy affects both adults and children, and it has been estimated that peanut allergy affects 1.8% of young children in the United Kingdom. The prevalence of peanut allergy in other Western countries (e.g., Canada, France and Spain) has been studied by many researchers and ranges from 0.9% to 1.5%. This allergy is generally considered to be persistent; many studies indicate that fewer than 20% of children will outgrow their peanut allergy. Peanut allergy is more severe than other common food allergies (e.g. milk and egg allergies).
About DBV Technologies
DBV Technologies is opening up a decisive new approach to the treatment of allergy -- a major public health issue that is constantly increasing in prevalence. Food allergies represent a true handicap in everyday life for millions of people and thus constitute a major unmet medical need. DBV Technologies has developed a unique, proprietary, worldwide-patented technology for administering an allergen to intact skin and avoiding massive transfer to the blood. The Viaskin® technology combines efficacy and safety as part of a treatment that seeks to improve the patient's tolerability of peanut and thus considerably lower the risk of a systemic, allergic reaction in the event of accidental exposure to the allergen. The company's significant development program has taken this revolutionary method through to the industrial stage in Europe, initially. The product's clinically proven safety of use enables the application of effective desensitization techniques (the efficacy of which is acknowledged worldwide) in the most severe forms of the allergy. DBV Technologies is focusing on food allergies (milk and peanut) for which there are currently no effective treatments. It has developed two products: Viaskin® Peanut and Viaskin® Milk. The clinical development program for Viaskin® Peanut has received Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration. The company will subsequently develop a Viaskin® patch for young children with house dust mite allergy -- a true public health issue because this pathology is one of the main risk factors for childhood asthma. DBV Technologies shares are traded on segment C of Euronext Paris (Ticker: DBV, ISIN code: FR0010417345).
For more information on DBV Technologies, please visit our website: www.dbv-technologies.com
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The forward-looking statements, objectives and targets contained herein are based on the Company's management strategy, current views and assumptions. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those anticipated herein. Furthermore, the Research and Development process involves several stages each of which involve the substantial risk that the Company may fail to achieve its objectives and be forced to abandon its efforts with regards to a product in which it has invested significant sums. Therefore, the Company cannot be certain that favorable results obtained during pre-clinical trials will be confirmed subsequently during clinical trials, or that the results of clinical trials will be sufficient to demonstrate the safe and effective nature of the product concerned. DBV technologies' business is subject to the risk factors outlined in its registration documents filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
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World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo won't appear with Real Madrid when los Blancos play in the United States this summer, including a game Saturday in Berkeley.
Real's biggest stars were not included in a 20-man roster announced Monday because of the monthlong World Cup and transfer uncertainties before the season begins. The 2014 Champions League winners also left off newcomers Toni Kroos of Germany and goalkeeper Keylor Navas of Costa Rica as it began training Monday at UCLA.
The storied Spanish club plays Inter Milan on Saturday at Cal's Memorial Stadium as part of the Guinness International Champions Cup, a preseason exhibition tournament held throughout the United States.
The major European leagues begin their seasons at the end of August. Clubs currently are working to sign players before the FIFA transfer window closes, leaving rosters in a state of flux.
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Ancelotti might be paying more attention to moves across the Atlantic. Real reportedly is close to signing Colombian World Cup sensation James (pronounced Ha-mez) Rodriguez, the Golden Boot winner in Brazil with six goals. He could be joined by fellow Colombian standout Radamel Falcao, whose move is held up because of a severe knee injury that kept him out of the World Cup.
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ROCHESTER – Erin Day made her First Holy Communion on Friday afternoon in a hospital chapel while her proud father, Tim Day, looked on, attached to a cardiac monitor that traced each of his precious heartbeats.
Before administering the sacrament of Holy Communion to Erin, 8, the Most Rev. Matthew Clark, bishop emeritus of Rochester, performed the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for her father. Next to the Day family in the front row sat registered nurse Carol Rivers, who brought an automatic external defibrillator to the chapel.
It wasn't necessary, although Day's damaged heart might have skipped a few beats when his oldest daughter – looking poised in her sleeveless white dress, satin trim and a sash – led the crowd in the Prayer of the Faithful in a clear, light voice.
Day, 45, a veteran Town of Tonawanda police officer, was admitted to the University of Rochester Medical Center's Strong Memorial Hospital in early April to await a heart transplant after an autoimmune disease ravaged his heart. His doctor says that the hospital stay before an organ becomes available can be "months and months and months."
The inspiring ceremony in the interfaith chapel, whose front wall features a mosaic of the 23rd Psalm, drew about 30 friends, relatives and staffers of the hospital, as well as several people from St. Paul Catholic Church in Kenmore, where Erin's class of 11 will make its First Communion on May 4.
Music was provided by more than a dozen singers and musicians from the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology and the Eastman School of Music. "We got a call about a week ago about this and, of course, we wanted to help out," said the group's leader, David Heid.
Before the Mass, Clark also said that he was "thrilled to be part of this. These are rather unusual circumstances, and very beautiful, that the father is hospitalized."
When Day was admitted to the hospital to await his transplant, one of his sisters, Maureen Jones, realized that her brother, the youngest of 11 in a devout Catholic family, would likely still be hospitalized on the scheduled date of Erin's First Communion. Jones suggested that something be done to make sure he could attend.
Because he is hooked up to the machines that provide medications and monitor his heart, that meant that the ceremony had to come to him.
"My sister suggested we could have Erin's First Communion here, or she could have her second Communion here" after receiving the sacrament for the first time with her class, said Day. "I left that up to Erin. I let her make the decision, and she said she wanted to do it here with me."
The family approached Rebecca Cambria, who coordinates the First Communion classes. Cambria swung into action, contacting the hospital and the diocese. The poignancy of the story removed all obstacles.
"In this case, it's especially important, because Erin's mother is Protestant, so it's her dad who has been taking her to church and to classes," said Cambria, who attended the Mass with Erin's catechism teacher, Michelle Fisher.
"You just have to adjust. People do this all the time," said Sherry Brinser-Day, Day's wife of 11 years who has been a pillar of strength during his health crisis, caring for the couple's three children, who include Clare, 6, and Henry, 4. "I want to make sure that during this whole time that he doesn't miss out, that he is going to be able to participate even if it's in a different way, the new normal."
Erin's godfather, Griffin Jones, who is her father's nephew and godson, has filled in for Tim Day in some preceremony events and gave the first reading.
Having the bishop emeritus of Rochester say the Mass was a delightful surprise for the family. Tim Day said, "We were hunting around for a priest who could perform the ceremony, and they called Sherry back one day and said they had a priest but he could only do it on Friday afternoon. Was that acceptable? Sherry said yes, and they said, well good, because they have the bishop."
Clark was soft-spoken and encouraging, stepping down from the slightly raised altar to speak directly to Erin. Tim Day's presence, he said, "makes us all aware in a very special way that none of us owns tomorrow." At the end of the Mass, he said, "I am going to go home a very happy man for having experienced your company today."
Brinser-Day has brought the children to see their father at least once a week and, he said, "Erin has snuck out three times to see me when I didn't know she was coming, showing up after school with other visitors." Between his friends, family and fellow police officers on the Tonawanda force, Brinser-Day says her husband "has had a visitor every day. I cannot believe the love, caring and support we have received through all of this."
"He's got an amazing family, and I have met all of his siblings, I think. They are terrific," said Dr. Leway Chen, medical director of the hospital's Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation. "He has family from all over, and someone comes in every day. I've met many police officers, too. He's such a nice guy, and you see his wife and kids, and it's hard. It's tough to be this ill, and it's tough to go through this process."
Not every person who needs a transplant must stay in the hospital. Chen said, "It depends on how ill you are; if you're not as sick, you could be home."
Day's hospitalization is both good and bad. It reflects his more fragile status.
Sadly, Chen said, in the past 10 or 15 years, only people who are the most ill receive transplants. Right now, more than 10,000 New York residents are waiting for organ transplants. About 750 people in the Central New York region are waiting for heart transplants, says Rob Kochik, executive director of the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery network, which handles organ donation in the Rochester and Central New York area. In Western New York, organ donations are handled through Upstate New York Transplant Services.
"The downside to being a citizen of New York State and waiting for a transplant is that we are ranked like 47th out of 50 states for registering for organ donations," said Chen. "There are states in the Midwest where 70 percent of the population is registered to donate organs, but here, it's a long wait."
There are opportunities to enroll as organ donors at Department of Motor Vehicles offices, when people register to vote, or online at donorrecovery.org, which requires that forms be printed out, filled in and mailed.
Kochik says it's best for people who wish to donate their organs after death to take the step of officially registering.
But many people just sign the back of their driver's licenses or leave instructions in a living will or health care proxy, he said.
At the very least, people who wish to donate their organs should have a conversation with family members and express their wishes.
Although many people say they are too old or too ill to donate organs or tissue, Kochik stressed that only people with active cancer or HIV cannot donate organs.
Meanwhile, Tim Day continues to wait for the transplant that will enable him to return home and resume his life in Kenmore.
"I'd like to ask people to consider registering for organ and tissue donation," he said. "The demand is always greater than supply. They say one healthy person who is going to pass away anyway can help 30 other people with organs and tissues. It would be a great legacy to leave."
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For many of our students, `hacking the web' has supplanted `working on the Chevy.' The increasing complexity and monolithic integration associated with modern commercial products have conspired to eliminate many of the practical, hands-on experiences which prepared past students for an engineering education. At the same time, many of our classes have been refined to focus on the beauty and technique of analytical methods and fundamental principles used in design, perhaps increasingly without reference to the practical physical systems for which these methods were developed. These trends may account for our informal observation that some EECS students appear increasingly disenfranchised with physics-related courses. A balanced educational experience, which combines a good appreciation of exciting, `computer age' methods and tools with the essential ability to manipulate and understand the physical world, will enable a student to combine new tools with classical methods to design real systems. This ability should be the hallmark of an engineering education. The breadth and immediacy of both of our undergraduate programs would benefit from a concentrated effort to revise and expand our laboratory offerings.
Students need to see, touch, design, and analyze practical, illustrative systems in order to have any hope of understanding how engineering science produces technological realities. An education without these reinforcing physical experiences will fail to prepare students to understand modern industrial problems. Hardware/software codesign is vital to development of digital electronic systems (e.g. communications, entertainment, transport, medical analysis, computers, etc.). As a result, it is considered to be part of the core curriculum (in one form or another) by many EE and CS departments. Paradoxically, equipment required for laboratories to teach this material is not readily available. In particular, evaluation boards from manufactures of the key components required of such systems (e.g. microprocessors and programmable logic devices) often focus on one component (e.g. an ARM evaluation board focuses on the ARM microprocessor) which would severely limit the scope of the material which could be taught. Consequently, many institutions have developed their own equipment; a costly and time consuming process.
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This project will primarily focus on hardware/software co-design, the practical component for courses like 6.115 Microcomputer Project Laboratory at MIT, and at Cambridge: Electronic Computer Aided Design (ECAD), Computer Architecture and System Level Programming. The platform will also be used for project work at various levels (e.g., 2nd year group projects in Computer Science and 3rd year projects in Engineering) and could be used as a practical component for Network and Operating Systems courses.
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The use and efficacy of mobile video has been steadily increasing over the past few years thanks largely to improvements in mobile technology and increased smartphone ownership.
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Winner of Your Best Dish You (Intentionally) Set on Fire
Congratulations to fiveandspice, whose Flamin' Cajun Shrimp won this week's contest for Your Best Dish You (Intentionally) Set on Fire, earning her a handsome Ruffoni Copper Gratin Pan with Acorn Handles from Williams-Sonoma, plus big prizes from Viking, OXO and Tiny Prints, and a spot in the next food52 cookbook!
Q&A with fiveandspice
- Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.
- I was a really, really picky eater when I was little. But my mom cleverly bought me some really great children's cookbooks with colorful photos of every stage of making each dish. I used to sit around and just leaf through those books, poring over every recipe. Finally, when I was in about 3rd grade, I decided I wanted to cook a fish stew from one of those books for my family for supper. It turned out great and, ever since then, cooking for others and gathering them around the table to hear their stories has been my favorite thing to do.
- What's your least favorite food?
- I just can't seem to learn to like oysters.
- What is the best thing you've made so far this year?
- Oh, that's tough. Well, one of my favorite things every year is the lefse (potato flatbread, see below) that my family makes with our neighbors around Christmas time. We eat it fresh off the griddle either around a hot dog or slathered with butter and sugar. It's simply the best thing in the world. Besides that, well, this is going to sound really silly, but about a month ago I made a grilled cheese sandwich on freshly baked bread with caramelized onions that was really, really amazing, plus it was exactly what I wanted to eat at that moment. Very simple, but also perfect.
- Describe your most spectacular kitchen disaster.
- When my youngest brother was confirmed, my mother enlisted me to make all the desserts for his open house. I made several cakes and tarts, but one of them -- an apple cake, actually -- I baked in a leaky springform pan with no baking sheet underneath it. The batter dripped all over the bottom of the oven, then caught fire and caused a conflagration in the oven that we couldn't put out! We took the charred cake out, and just let the fire burn itself out in the closed oven, oozing black smoke that wafted all through the house just an hour or so before guests were due to arrive. We had to toss the cake, of course, and tried to air out the house, but it was still pretty smokey at the time the party started.
- What is your idea of comfort food?
- I grew up on Norwegian meatballs and fishcakes, so those are my idea of serious comfort food.
- Apron or no apron?
- I try to always wear an apron because otherwise I can guarantee that I will spill all over myself!
- What's your favorite food-related scene in a movie?
- I absolutely love the feast in Babette's Feast, and the way her cooking transforms all those stoic Danes.
- If you could make a show-stopping dinner for one person, living or dead, who would it be?
- That's a really hard one. I think Julia Child would be a blast to eat with. Though maybe I would prefer for her to make a show-stopping meal for me?! Otherwise, I would also love to cook for Jean Brillat-Savarin and hear his commentary.
- You prefer to cook: a. alone, b. with others, c. it depends on your mood
- It depends on my mood. Sometimes, if you are in no hurry and have a dish with lots of little pieces to delegate, it can be fun to cook with others. But, for me, cooking tends to be my daily meditation and I like to have the space that doing it in solitude gives me.
- When it comes to tidying up, you usually: a. clean as you cook, b. do all the dishes once you've finished cooking, c. leave the kitchen a shambles for your spouse/roommate/kids to clean.
- I try to clean as I cook. However, I've been getting much worse about doing so because my husband is proving himself to be a champion dish doer.
- fiveandspice making lefse with family friends; the lovely Ruffoni Copper Gratin Pan with Acorn Handles she's won from Williams-Sonoma!


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Difference Makers: Mammoth, Eastside
In the lap of constantly moving tectonic plates, amid volcanic, pine strewn mountains, Mammoth is a singular place.
Its people match the granite that rises high above the town. Strong, generally selfless souls who think nothing of moving mountains to help someone who has been injured, has an illness or has lost their home.
Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra are peopled by individuals with outsized hearts.
Look at the Search and Rescue team: Its members will drop whatever they're doing to head out into difficult terrain in all kinds of weather to rescue those who are lost or injured.
Look at the overwhelming response to KMMT's pie auction this past Tuesday morning, when people bid more than $1,000 for homemade pies, proceeds to go to the hospital's cancer outreach program.
Or the hundreds of people who turn out every year for Disabled Sports' Island Extravaganza, often in a blizzard, to raise money for wounded warriors.
The need never goes away.
We never stop giving.
With DifferenceMakers, we shine a spotlight on 11 members of our Eastside community who have made a difference – volunteers all, people who have changed these mountain communities for the better – our own version of home-grown heroes.
The Mammoth Times salutes these people and the hundreds more like them, who have raised our awareness, brought our intentions to a better, more generous place. Profiles follow, see photos in photo gallery.
Most people know him as the manager of the Summit Condominiums on Meridian Boulevard and sometime town politician.
Yet Dan Wright, 66, has another mission – one that stretches across oceans, deserts and mountains, all over the world.
Wright is a team leader with Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world.
"It has been a life-changing experience," said Wright, who for more than 13 years has led about 180 team workers from Mammoth and its environs to such places as Mongolia, and, lately, Nepal.
"I read an article about Jimmy Carter and his work with Habitat," Wright said recently. "Then I read his autobiography and thought, 'Gee whiz, it would be great to take some of my vacation time and join a team and find out what it's all about.'
"My first trip was to Alaska, and we built a home up there and I was really excited about the experience. This was some way I could give back, and not to be too philosophical about it, to humanity. People throughout the world have tremendous needs when it comes to sub-standard housing.
"I have time to give back, and this was a vehicle with which to do that. I enjoy the cultural experience and seeing the changed lives.
"It's very gratifying."
Wright's latest trip, to Nepal, was called "Everest Build," where he led the Mammothites in a "blitz build" project in which they joined 460 volunteers from eight countries in building 40 houses in five days.
One on the Mammoth team became sick with pneumonia and another developed bronchitis as they worked in blistering heat just after the Nepalese monsoon season. ("We went through four liters of water apiece each day," Wright said.
They used indigenous material (bamboo) along with cement and plaster, and completed the project on deadline, earning the praise of Nepal President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.
"Most families in Nepal are living under poverty housing conditions," he said on a visit to the site. "The government alone cannot address the huge need of the country."
But Dan Wright and his teams help, country after country, year after year.
"I haven't had any bad experiences in 13 years," Wright said. – GS
Digital 395, which recently received $100 million in funding, "should be called the 'Hap Hazard Digital Highway,'" according to Greg Newbry, a county Information Technology employee. Newbry said that many people contributed to getting the project off the ground, but "Hap got everybody together and got it going in the first place."
"I don't think I've ever known a supervisor who works as hard as Hap," said Lynda Salcido, Public Health Director. "He is a one-man social service agency, caring down to the personal level."
"Hap is always willing to help out when necessary," agreed Sheriff Rick Scholl. "He has set up regular meeting times in the Tri-Valley area and he created a database of constituents to stay in touch with them and keep them updated about community issues.
"Even though Hap can seem tough sitting on the Board of Supervisors he has a humorous side to him also," Scholl said, remembering the lesser-known side of Hazard that enriches the lives of his colleagues. "I recall one somber time when he facilitated a funeral for a blender that died during a daiquiri party. I believe that blender is still buried in Hap's backyard."
Hazard, 61, is better known for his role in negotiating wilderness boundaries.
"Every time I tried to talk with someone about moving the boundaries, I was told, 'That takes an Act of Congress,'" Hazard said. When an opportunity arose for just such an Act, he "spoke up, being the new kid on the block." Ensuing negotiations resulted in a boundary compromise that cut through a logjam of dissent, leading to passage of the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act.
Despite the political risk he incurred by jumping into that most contentious issue in Mono County as a newly elected Supervisor, Hazard said simply, "It was the right thing to do."
"In my own personal feeling, we should have the right to take and use our forest and our land... with incredible responsibility to make sure it's available to future generations." Cupping his arms as he remembered cradling his newborn babies, Hazard almost whispered, "You hold them for the first time…having children changed everything for me."
It's clear to many that Hazard draws on extraordinary energy reserves in execution of a profound sense of responsibility. During a recent interview, he revealed the roots of his devotion: his dedication to his children, his childhood at Edwards Air Force Base, and his love for the Eastern Sierra.
"I divide my life up into two pieces – my childhood home is Edwards Air Force Base. I loved that place, everything about it. [Noted test pilot, Major General Charles] "Chuck" Yeager was one of my Boy Scout leaders.
"Then I moved here at 26 years of age and immediately felt this was
home. You couldn't get me out of here with a stick of dynamite." – LW
He grew up on a sheep and cattle farm in northern Scotland, herding sheep, training border collies, assisting in animal husbandry and plowing fields.
He is, therefore, the perfect candidate to be the Head Coach of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team.
He is Mark Brownlie, who since 1997 has been herding students, skiers and snowboarders through their lessons and races, both on and off the ski hill.
"The farm was primarily run by my granddad," he said, "and he taught me a lot of lessons."
Such as?
"Like getting out of bed!"
A wide Scottish grin appeared on Brownlie's face because he was, of course, only slightly kidding.
But it is that kind of combination of humor and knowledge that his team of coaches (70 on a busy weekend), his "kids," (including current Olympic skier Stacey Cook), along with their parents, have come to recognize as a signature aspect of the 40-year-old coach.
The trick, he said, is teaching personal accountability in all things. Just like he was taught on that sheep and cattle farm across the Atlantic.
"Personal accountability is what hopefully stays with them the rest of their lives," he said. " We can see that happen on a variety of levels, whether it's the jobs they enter or how well they do at school.
"Personal accountability starts with the coach," he said, "then hopefully to the athletes."
Brownlie oversees a sprawling, year-round program that includes education, along with five-days-a-week conditioning drills. This season, he has 400 athletes under his wing, mostly skiers, but also snowboarders.
Recently, he said he also has incorporated Nordic skiing under the umbrella of his team.
Last summer, he led an effort to condition his athletes through road cycling, and his kids all finished the 100-mile High Sierra Century.
He's got so many irons in so many fires that it's a wonder he can do it, or even think about how many lives he's touched.
"When you can have a relationship with an athlete for years through the program, and then see them through school, see them enter their careers, get married, that kind of thing, I would say that it's a huge privilege to do what we do." – GS
"He's always out talking to people, telling stories about the Mono Basin," said Bartshe Miller, Education Director of the Mono Lake Committee.
Miller said Norman De Chambeau, 83, recently "pushed the first domino" that led to reducing the speed limit on U.S. 395 through Lee Vining, from 35 miles per hour to 30. He said De Chambeau succeeded because he spoke up in the right place, a Mono County Regional Planning Advisory Committee meeting, at the right time, when a change of staff resulted in a receptive listener.
It could be said that De Chambeau reduces and even reverses the speed of time itself, as Historian and Curator for the Mono Basin Historical Society.
"As Curator, Norm is the lifeblood of keeping our museum going. He keeps the doors open greeting the public, answering questions and preparing exhibits," said David Carle, Society Secretary.
De Chambeau worked 32 years with the federal government followed by 18 years running camps for Boy Scouts of America. He returned to the Mono Basin in 1996 "mostly to do research on family history in the Basin, Bodie, and the museum."
Soon the Society asked him to work one day a week. The next year, they asked for two days and so on. He said, "I ended up working eight hours a day, five days a week, for the last eight years."
De Chambeau said, "History is not a true science. It's an interpretation of what somebody thought or remembered. What kept me going here in the Mono Basin is trying to research the true history, what is fact and what is fiction."
Providing an example, De Chambeau described the death of Lee Vining's namesake, Leroy Vining.
"He had taken a load of lumber in 1896. You read one book it says he was on his way over when his six shooter fired, wounding him fatally in the groin. Another says he slapped his six-shooter on a poker table, got shot in the groin, then went outside and bled to death. Yet another says there was a fight in the bar, the gun went off and shot him in the groin. In my research I found his obituary, written three days after he died, and it says his gun went off in his coat pocket. So that's the true story."
Norman De Chambeau added, "History is part of who I am, the last of the De Chambeaus in the Mono Basin." – LW
When Don Redmon died last month, the Eastside lost one of the basic building blocks of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.
He was one of the core group of guys who gathered around Dave McCoy way back when, and shared an amazing spirit. That's the thing about pioneers. They're not so sure of the long-term effect; they're working up close, moving mountains.
There is something magical about building something out of nothing so much as a love of skiing and the mountains. That knuckle of men (and the women who skied right there beside them and cooked the deer and trout at the end of the day) worked themselves to the quick, building the ski area.
"They all did whatever they needed to do and then left," said Redmon's daughter, Carol Eller of Mammoth. "They didn't leave the mountain until they'd done everything they had to do."
That was true whether they were cutting down trees, building lifts, or fixing the outhouse at McGee Mountain.
Redmon was a World War II veteran who served with the U.S. Coast Guard. He came to Bishop and went to work for the telephone company.
It was Gloria Redmon who introduced Dave McCoy to her husband Don.
Redmon and McCoy raised their families at McGee Mountain. Eller remembers her father and McCoy cutting down the first tree on Mammoth Mountain.
It was family and friends working together to build the ski area. They were having fun. They didn't realize what they were doing; they thought they were just having fun.
They were an inventive bunch. They had no titles; they ran by their instincts grounded by their energy for the mountains and their friendship.
Redmon had an engineering mind; he loved building chairlifts, ski runs and mountain bike parks.
He could climb trails like a billy goat. He and McCoy went camping all over the Eastern Sierra. "He knew the backcountry and enjoyed every minute."
Redmon loved the granite mountains and the fact that he could see forever. He was always happy when he was on a peak hiking, fishing or camping.
In his later years he sat on the benches on the bike trail and watched and remembered those times.
There will be a celebration of Don Redmon's life Dec. 18 at the Highlands Community Center, from 2-4 p.m. in Bishop. No doubt the talk will center on the good old days in the Eastern Sierra. – DE
It is perhaps fitting that Maxine Shepherd has spent most of her 75 years reeling in the world's lost sheep; anyone really, who's fallen on hard times and needs a bit of help.
Born during a time when nothing came easily to anyone, she learned early to make something useful out of something most people would throw away.
Shepherd is one of those people that make the world go round, but rarely get noticed, the very definition of the salt of the earth. For the past 20 years, the very fabric of this community; the cloth and thread that clothe and comfort, warm and heal us all, have moved through this master seamstresses strong brown hands, one item at a time.
When the fabric and thread and buttons and ribbons leave her hands, they are transformed.
A torn coat, donated to the battered woman's shelter, mended and cleaned by Shepherd, goes to a mother who needs it.
Baby layettes, sewn from fabric donated to Shepherd by her women's sewing class, go to someone in labor in the hospital here, who has nothing for her new baby.
Knitted wool liners, from wool donated by the same women, go inside the helmet of the soldier who shivers in Afghanistan.
A quilt, hand-sewn over countless hours around a circle of women, goes to a raffle where it sells for thousands of dollars that then benefits lymphoma victims.
When she's not sewing, she can be found, car loaded to the gills with clothes and bedding, headed up U.S. 395, to Walker or Colewille or parts unknown, moving used clothing and bedding from someone who doesn't need or want them, to someone who desperately does both.
She's always been that way. When she moved to Mammoth from Southern California, she retired from a long career as a home economics teacher at a public school.
When she arrived in Mammoth, it didn't take long for her to realize that retirement didn't suit her.
"I can't stand sitting still," she said.
While working part time for the former Fabrications fabric shop, the demand for her sewing skills led her to start her own sewing class.
It's been going for 13 years now, moved from place to place to church to home to county office, but always with a core group of women who come to sew.
And Shepherd, being a good shepherd, doesn't let it stop there.
"I came in one day with some fabric and pretty soon she had us making baby clothes for Wild Iris," said Dinah Craig, a longtime sewing class member.
"She's always putting us to work, giving us a project to work on," she said.
And Shepherd is more than that.
""She's the best friend you could have," said Angela Wright, as she and Shepherd suss out how to make 20th century fabric fit a 19th century dress pattern.
The costume is bound for Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre's latest play; "A Christmas Carol." Shepherd found herself somehow tapped to sew the costumes and today's challenge is something she relishes.
"I love making things work," she said, mouth full of pins, hands busy on the silken brown fabric.
"There's always a place for everything," she said. "I just hate to see things thrown away." – WG
On a hot, dry day last summer, the Mammoth Huskies took the field for practice, and along the sideline appeared a volunteer coach.
It was Johnny Teller, the world-class skier and former star Husky football player, who didn't have to be there, except he felt compelled.
He was there to help the team and stand alongside Tom Gault, the longtime Huskies coach and high school shop teacher, and he wasn't alone. A half-dozen former athletes also were there, trying to help Gault bring his team, small in number and with a sophomore quarterback, back from the 2009 "lost season," during which Mammoth did not field a team at all.
"He taught me how to play football, obviously, and to be a football coach," said Teller, a mechanic at Alpine Garage. "And he was my shop teacher, and that's what I do."
It is hard to measure the lifelong influence that a good teacher has on a person, and it's equally as hard to measure the influence of a good coach.
Gault, 64, is both, and with more than a 29-year career here, it's almost impossible to count the number of lives he's touched, both in his high school shop class and on the Huskies' football field.
But surely it is in the thousands.
(He has also touched many more thousands of ears with his rock band, Flashback, and his two-man acoustic band, Good Livin'.)
This season he faced the challenge of his career.
In bringing the Husky football team back to the appropriately named Gault-McClure Stadium, he had few boys who had ever played varsity football, and some hadn't played since Youth Football.
By his side was former Fresno State and Detroit Lions tight end Marty Thompson, who handled the offense. Gault handled the defense and the team overall.
The opponent in the first game was L.A. Baptist and hardly anyone on that September afternoon knew what to expect. And then, Mammoth won, 6-3 on a play with just under four minutes left in the game, and on an interception late. You could have knocked Gault over with a feather.
"I don't know," he said, "you coach for a lot of years (28) and you get some good wins and some very painful losses.
"But for those boys and for myself, the rest of the coaches and the whole school, that game might rank right at the top."
"The reason I say that is because of the events that led up to the game, and the struggle the kids have been through – not getting to play very much last year and not being so sure of themselves, and the inexperience. They're running uphill, and they just kept running and running, and by golly, that's to their credit."
Years from now, not many of those boys will take the credit. No doubt they'll give it to Gault.– GS
Together, Penny and Paul Burdeno created the Mount Morrison Cemetery garden, work at the Cast-Off, and have served as hosts on Mammoth Mountain.
Excitement raised Pauls voice about an octave when he said his volunteer work is selfish. "The things I do are fun. Even work at the cemetery; I won't say that's fun, but there is a reward to doing something you can be proud of.
"I used to be mean and nasty and it wasn't until I met Penny that she made me..." Penny, 67, interrupted, "I had great material to work with."
Paul, 70, continued. "We each came from government careers. Penny learned to be caring as a teacher. I learned to be an organizer in the Air Force, so we thought it would be a shame not to continue to use those skills."
"Mammoth Lakes has been a retreat for my family since 1977," Penny said. Her nephew Rick Terrell came to visit and never left. So when Penny's sister and her husband (Terrell's parents) were killed in a helicopter crash, Mount Morrison Cemetery became their final resting place. At the time, the cemetery resembled 'boot hill.'
The Burdenos, Terrell, his wife Holly, and the rest of the family set to work creating a gateway and garden for the cemetery. After three years of work and investment in plants and trees, Mono County reserved their creation as a permanent feature of the cemetery.
Since 1977, Penny has been involved with Mammoth Hospital Auxiliary, which she described as "a quick way to see the results of your labor," while enjoying social opportunities such as skiing, hiking and kayaking with other volunteers.
At the Cast-Off, the Auxiliary's retail store, Penny sorts linens and Paul sorts books, earning the moniker 'Book Boy.' Karen Curry, the Cast-Off's chairperson, said she lost her glasses at a yard sale. As Paul sorted through the donated leftovers from that sale, he asked, "where should I put these glasses?" Curry did a double take, realizing the glasses were hers. Thrilled with the discovery, she promoted Paul to 'Book Man.'
Book Man's alter ego is 'Fossil Man;' he appears at Mammoth Elementary School to share his trilobites. Paul said he owes his inspiration to his "science teacher in the third grade who opened a window onto a world not here anymore. I never got over 'show and tell'."
Penny and Paul serve on the Mono County Democratic Central Committee where, Paul said, "Penny's volunteerism makes sure that local, state and national leaders recognize that Mono County exists."
Penny, historian for the Central Committee as well as the Hospital Auxiliary, asked, "When I was a teacher, guess what I taught? History."
For even more selfish fun, Paul volunteers with the Crowley Lake Friends of the Library, where he helped develop the Richard C. Felkel Collection of Regional Books.
Ever on the look out for people to join them in their volunteering fun, Paul smiles irresistibly as he issues his standard invitation, "We can use someone with your background and experience." – LW